The 2020 Fender American Professional II Stratocaster...first reaction and review!
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
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Fender. Possibly one of the best reviews I’ve ever watched. Can you say genuine enthusiasm. Do the right thing and pay the man!
They're paying! I just don't get to keep it. I do want to though.
@@JeremySheppard
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Hahah
I just had to add this comment, I totally know nothing about this guitars, but i love Jeremey's video . The color is so cool and i love seeing he and his wife at our small group at church! Sorry , if I offended you guitar lovers.
Yes, your friendliness is totally offensive. How dare you!
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Dear Fender, Jeremy did an awesome honest review. I think it would be a good marketing gesture to let him keep it. This video alone would sell you a quick dozen or two when it's said and done. Well worth the investment I say.
Too kind! They paid me but I would love to keep it!
This video broke the Am Pro II news to me, and based on what's been said and played here (among other research) I think I'll be ordering one this week from the dealer around here. Great video Jeremy, and not just this one but all the videos. I know its business but, hopefully we see that blue strat in the background of future videos for a while...
Great video on this sweet version of the latest strat. Love the tones you were able to pull out of it. Pretty cool that Fender added the Made in Corona, CA part since I literally live right there! I just ordered one in darknight w/ maple from Sweetwater and can't wait for it to arrive!
I went to the store 3 times to spend hours swapping this and the ultra, there was something about the pro ii for me. The ultra has a super slim neck but this neck is just so freaking comfortable and yet fast, went home with the Mystic surf green pro II, I wanted to leave with the ultra but there was absolutely nothing pulling me to the ultra that was worth turning down this strat. I have 6 older American strats and this has quickly become my favorite guitar
Something special about the AP2!! You’re not alone!!
They’re really great guitars. My only issue with my HSS AP ii is the pickups. I prefer the Fat 50s and Shawbucker that came on the 2015-2016 American Standards to these V Mods.
I’ve been playing 30 of my 36 years. Grew up playing fender and ventured off for the last 15 years to Gibson. However, this guitar has really made me fall back in love with all my fenders. I’m excited to get this guitar. I got the same color and rosewood. Can’t wait to write and record. Thanks for the great video!
Send me pics and a video! jeremy@jeremysheppard.com
MC fan?
Hi, did you end up to get this guitar? what's your thought?
@@LKpixelsyes I still have the guitar. It’s my go to Stratocaster. I highly recommend this!
@@jkay6361 Glad to hear! I'm getting the mystic surf green color with rosewood!
I just recently bought one of these guitars. I have to admit, being the proud owner of a vintage strat that is all you'd expect it to be, I'm pretty spoiled by that. Still I've been looking for a strat-style guitar that played similar, but without the heirloom value.
I'm pretty pleased. It's enough the same, and enough different that it's expanded possibilities.
I love your enthusiasm for this guitar. I scrolled through and saw you kept it too. I’m a committed Strataholic of 60 years, and I have 4, including 2 Strat Pro 2’s, Dark Knight with Maple, & Miami Blue with Rosewood. You make a great point about Fender, trying various routes to alter & improve what is basically a great first attempt. IMO the Strat Pro 2 is the best iteration of this design since inception. Only the Vintage re-issues have come anywhere near as good to play. BTW, the other 2 are a 1982 ‘57 AVRI, & a 2022 ‘61 Vintage ii. Great review!
I bought one. Thanks for the killer review. I love mine. I got it in roasted pine with a maple neck. Its my dream guitar. Always wanted a Fender and was finally able to get one.
Love it! What a cool guitar. Roasted pine, hubbuh hubbuh.
@@JeremySheppard Out of curiosity, since you noticed the push-push knob after this video. Would you say the wiring is more complex than originally thought or still better than the S1 switch?
Jeremy, I totally agree. I used to have a 1994 MiM HHS deLuxe strat that was stolen in 2006. I did not know the specs but i loved how it played and I grew to know it like that back of my hand. Since then, I have been trying to find a fender that felt like my first love. I investigated the Ultra, The Pro, the Player. I bought the Road house deluxe and Jazzmaster but, nothing felt "natural".....until I picked up the Pro II. THIS, feels like a special guitar to me. I will be buying the Miami blue, maple version.
Three thoughts:
1. (roadhouse meme)
2. I totally agree. My first good electric guitar was a wine red rosewood board strat and I loved it. The American pro II is stellar. Fender is letting me keep this one!
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Send me pictures on Instagram, @jeremytheguitarhunter, when you get it! I'm excited for you!
Gibson and Fender are both great, imo you need both to appreciate the differences. Agree with the Gibson QC in years past however the custom shop is a completely different facility to the regular models, I own a 58 custom shop Blues Master Les Paul and the craftsmanship and attention to detail is second to none. Current Les Paul standards are expensive but Gibson have really upped their game in recent years and you cant compare the pricing to an American Professional Strat as they're 2 very different guitars both wonderful in their own right.
Good post.
Just bought a pro 2 strat and like the way it plays better than my Gibson, crazy nice guitar
Bought the dark night version.
I agree! I think Leo would be proud of this guitar.
The push push knob is also a very cool way to bring in the neck pickup !
Really appreciate your enthusiasm!
If you haven't already do yourself a favor and buy one
Fender ended up letting me keep this one and I still play it most days.
I'm buying one today purely on the basis of this review. Love this guy, he seems like a top bloke!
I bought the same guitar from C&M music in LA and they gave a free Plek job and full setup. I can't wait to get it tomorrow. I would highly recommend buying from them.
C&M is great! Did you get it from Kenner or another store?
@@JeremySheppard from the Kenner store
This seriously is one of the sexiest strats ive ever seen in my 45 years on this planet!! That color is heaven
If I did not already own an American Pro Strat, I would definitely buy an American Pro II. My American Pro without the few added perks of the Pro II is an amazing guitar. Worth every penny. Fender did it right with the Pro Series line up.
I got the one with the maple neck... Homina homina. 🇺🇸🦅🤘
Watched this review, ordered the guitar. You listening Fender?
Love it! Same color and rosewood?
Same colour, but maple :) Difficult to find one.
The only thing that could improve this for me is clean white plastics. I think that would be better against the blue than the mint guard and parchment knobs/covers.
My fav Fender of all time was the 2012 FSR Aztec Gold Strat, with compound radius fretboard, S1 switch with N3 pickups, contoured heel, deluxe bridge, locking tuners. I have bought it 4x already. The absolute best strat for me
You had me at Aztec gold! 🤤
@@JeremySheppard came with the anodized aluminum pickguard and back plate too :-)
I’ve just bought one for my 11 year old son. He can’t wait for its delivery.
Man! Best parent of the year!!
Literally going to look at one now. Thank you!
One of the best guitar reviews I have seen. Btw just picked up one of these with a maple fretboard!
You got it all right! That is a beautiful guitar, I love the color. I recently purchased its predecessor, the American Pro. Mine is Dapne blue & has the full rosewood neck-headstock & all. I can't describe how it feels because it's not like anything else but I love it. It's one guitar I will never sell. It looks kinda strange next to all the other Strats with blonde head stocks but I love it. I plan to put brushed chrome Fender locking tuners on it because I will have it forever. You should get one to keep. I see them listed used here & there. My new one is the most expensive guitar I've ever purchased & it was totally worth it. 👍☮️🌞🎸
Of course you will sell it, always something new comes along
Gorgeous guitars
I have a Sunburst Sienna Strat, going to go for the Tele now.
This guitar, same color with a maple neck, will be my next guitar!
Don't decide on color yet. The Midnight blue burst is gorgeous. They call it "dark night."
I want one of these so bad, can’t decide if I like the maple neck or rosewood better. Such a beautiful guitar!!
I love Stratocaster, I have two, one mexican and one American Pro 2
Nice I like this color! Just saw it and opened up the tube 📺 to see what I could fine
Keep it , say thank you , your a great guitar player and you have lots of viewers around the world . Excellent Quality Fender Guitar
That colour is just amazing
Looking forward to buying mine when I return home. Best Strat I’ve ever played. Getting the Dark Knight finish which looks amazing. Thanks for the review man
I have a massive crush on the Miami Blue color….
A more fair price comparison would be between a Fender USA Strat and a Gibson USA SG. The Les Paul is a more expensive guitar to manufacture.
14:56 sounds wonderful. It reminds me of Mats Haugen from Circus Maximus in the beginning of „Reach Within“.
I bought the „Am Pro II“ in Mystic Seafoam Green because of your video. A dream of a guitar!
Bought an Ibanez AZ2204N about a month ago and I'm not joking... My squire classic vibe strat sounded better. At high gain, it excels, however it will never compare to a real fender when it comes to those cleans... I guess what I'm getting at, is that I returned the Ibanez and just got the mystic surf green hss version of this guitar and I will never buy another brand of guitar again. Fender for life!
Love the framed “We Must Have the Truth” pic in the background!
Words to live by.
Being a lefty, I’ve seen a few of these in the flesh. The rosewood board dark night would be my choice.
that colour is unreal
A nitro finish would make this perfect
this does not have the magic the american original has
Yes I agree, but the poly finish on these is very well done. Doesn't seem overly thick like some poly finishes.
I'm 66 years old too. Iwantahtelecaster. That's a nice guitar though.
Yea he'll be there one day and probably still have a motor mouth!
got a 75th Anaversary 2021 september built blemished leftover today in Batman rosewood.. killer
This will be my NEXT guitar!
You can't lose!
Hey Jeremy, thanks for all your videos and knowledge you share with us! I was curious if you’ve happened to try the American original 60’s strat as well? I’m trying to decide between the 2 i love the idea that it’ll relic and age with me on the original but i almost wonder if the pro ii is better suited as an all around guitar for every style and genre and maybe better playability.
Hi thank you for all your videos. Did you use this pedal, walrus audio fathom multi-function reverb pedal?
I prefer this review format any day over the "this has a bla bla radius with a bla bla thing". Thanks man!
I enjoyed this format too, but some of us care about fretboard radius
@@gunkanjima3408 I do too but that info is accessible in any other review :) Or anywhere else
Nice review. I just got mine today in Sienna Sunburst. Its awesome!
I love sienna sunburst!!
Ive got this sucker in hss and this colour. Made me sell off my hss schecter custom shop . It plays and sounds good .
A two bolt trem,contoured heel and a string tree...INNOVATION!....yeay!
That’s cool 😎 that they keep the classic colors but there’re there are a lot of players that want to keep the legendary tones of the guitar but want to live in the now and want some new fresh colors like the colors on super cars for example.
What pedals did you use on this review? In particular, the overdrive at the end?
Jeremy what was that opening riff you played? Great review!
High and dry by radiohead
@@JeremySheppard ty
DUDE!!! The bottom Tone knob is a Push/Push which adds the neck pickup to Position 1, giving you the Tele sound.
Hahaha....I've had this for 6 weeks and missed that feature.
@@JeremySheppard Aw man, time for a Part 2 video! Even a short one, we love all of your videos. Take care, man.
Beautiful Congratulations
Yes, Gibsons differ from each other, consistency occurs with similar models built on the same day. That's why I wouldn't buy a sight unseen Gibson unless I had it from a good source that the specific instrument was a good Gibson. Electric or acoustic.
Yeah, I do have a weakness for Stratocasters. With that being said, I need one 😍
With gold hardware 😍
Okay, I guess I'm okay with that. (I'm building a guitar with gold hardware now...)
Really Great review! Only problem now is to decide on what color... Miami Blue or Mercury Silver?
I'm partial to my miami blue!
Perfect! I have the same amp and a pro II on the way!.
It always amazes me how many people review Strats without even bothering to fit the term arm (never mind actually using it!). How can you review a guitar without using one of its main features?
Fair point. I don't use the trem that often but I see your point for sure.
I have owned an American strat for more than 10 years. The little piece of silver tape the the factory puts over the trim arm hole to keep the spring from falling out is still on it and that is where it will stay.
@@SoccerCoachJ You’re missing out on all the fun.
Great review. Got one in Dark Night finish and I can't put it down.
I’m really interested in what you’d prefer between this pro ii and an original 60’s strat if you had the choice
Pro II probably...I love the finishes and tonepot push push
I love my American Strat! Great to see they are still improving on the perfect. Request -- I'd love to see what you think of the Yamaha Revstar RS502T...got a hankerin of some of them P-90's.
Awesome review! But would have been perfect if clean tones would have been displayed
How is it any different then the American special Stratocaster that they used to make?
I'm not usually into Strats, but I love the tone you're getting out of this one.
Me too! I'm more of a tele player but I loved this one and the tones.
How did you get the Miami Blue with a rosewood fret board? We only get the maple fret board in Australia....AHHHH! Lovely guitar.
We can trade maybe..... I asked for the maple board
I like the Maple for that one, whatever, it is gorgeous any way
Nice authentic review.
Just ordered it in this color but with a maple neck. Can't wait to have it in my hands.
There’s nothing as inspirational as a free guitar. 😉 lucky bastard. This new line from fender is pretty damn cool. I ironically do the exact same thing that you do with the tremolo bridge. I don’t really install the whammy. Just lean on it for color.
Haha. I didn't know it was free at the time. It's a great guitar and bridges the gap between tradition and innovation really gracefully.
I believe it’s a poly finish
You're right. Whoops.
I wonder how much it would cost to add the push push feature to the previous American professional strat?
$20
I wish the lefty Miami blue one had a maple fretboard.
God and Fender hate lefties!
Staggered height tuners are for the string angle over the nut, probably don't need that cool string tree :-)
Haha...true. Maybe it's removing mass?
Do you think this is worth the extra money on top of the player series?
I think so for sure. But the player is pretty special too. Don't sleep on the vintera.
Does the knob stick out when not using it. Like more than the regular ones?
Only if it's pushed(adding neck pickup). I didn't know that was a feature until after my videos came out, haha.
when you said "if it just had a maple neck" .. but isn't this a maple neck?
Yes. I meant fretboard.
@@JeremySheppard ohh ! is there a big difference? I thought I saw this model in maple fret... hmm
What happened to Fluff's voice??
I literally have not played mine as much just because i wanna conserve the smell for longer, kind of a bummer, looool
Haha, yesssss! I totally get that!
Hey Jeremy!! Love all your videos, keep up the great work! Late to the party but I’m trying to decide between this one and an American Original 60s Strat. What do you think? Worth the extra 500 over this model? Thank you so much!
I think so. Unless you really want a classic style. The main difference is the shaped neck heel and push push pot for the neck pickup in the bridge positions.
Can't lose with either. The original series is so good.
@@JeremySheppard thank you for the quick reply! Much appreciated
@@blueufo9587 what’d you end up deciding on?! I’m in the same boat! I love the neck on the pro ii! And it seems very versatile and easy to play. Love the vintage vibe to the originals and the nitro finish and neck shape but don’t care for the gloss as much on the back of the neck
So as a lefty player, do you prefer this or the Ultra? Thanks!
This is a nicer guitar than the ultra, which is a bit over priced.
@@robertlennox3607 Thank You
Ventures on a beach in Cali
Gorgeous axe
And what about the Push/Push gimmick switching you neglected to mention?
Haha,I didn't know it existed when I filmed this. Whoops.
I hear a Lincoln Brewster licks there man! 🥳😍 Church player I suppose ?
I play in the church and have heard Lincoln Brewster but never learned any of his stuff. But we have some mutual influences for sure.
@@JeremySheppard Awesome. The one that you did @14:12 that's the intro riff from "Another Hallelujah" by Lincoln Brewster 👏 ruclips.net/video/_kvuIPwvqpw/видео.html
Keep it up brother!
Btw, did you find that the frets were too tall? Im used to playing a Medium Jumbo frets...
I was playing Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley. That's cool though.
I wish fender would counter sink its backplates like Gibson does so that the screw heads wouldn't scratch and catch my clothing. Other than that it's a good guitar. And my new American Pro pro II Strat doesn't have a lacquer finish, it has the usual bad smelling polyurethane.
I have one in Dark knight and put hotrails in it, it’s a fire breathing dragon!
Sorry it's not Nitro it's Gloss Polyester. P
Thanks, P
they just want free publicity
FENDER: GIVE THE MAN THE GUITAR!!!!
They sponsored the video, I just don't get to keep the guitar.
@@JeremySheppard I digress
Still GIVE THE MAN THE GUITAR
@@JeremySheppard those cheap bastards
Do you get to keep it?
No, but they sponsored the video.
the best is to SHOW US the real sound with NO PEDAL ..
Wow!!!
Oh, i love playing Stratocaster-guitars, and i love to choose guitars who are better than Fenders, especially better than Fender USA! My first Stratocaster was an end-80ies ,,Fender American Standard Stratocaster“, and it was my worst guitar ever, and i´ve had a second Fender Strat, a mexican-Version, called ,,Fender Standard Stratocaster“ and this guitar have had a Poplar-body and sounded like soft shit. And so I learned that either Fender is cheating us because they deliver poor quality and workmanship or overpriced guitars with wet, poorly stored and less vibrating woods, and trying to compensate for this with overloaded, or fat-sounding, pickups, and that is the reason for the myths of the real, old vintage Strats, because back then they tended to use woods that were stored and had better vibratability were used. Or, and this is certainly true, the production volume is so high that the company is no longer able to get wood of the same quality for the entire production, and then the really good, well-vibrating guitars come from the current production not to Germany - I am in Germany, a country that the USA keeps under military occupation to this day, so we Germans are like modern slaves of the USA Occupation Force, the USA controls Germany to this day and abuses us Germans as a source of money ! At the beginning of the 90s I got my hands on my first ESP-S-400 series Strat, now there are four, but this first one had 42 slanted annual rings and had such a great attack and cracky, bony, twangy and wiry-sound by dry-playing, and this guitar has beaten every Fender USA Custom Shop Strat by far in comparisons, let alone the production models from Fender and also a real, vintage Fender 1963 Strat. Around 2006, based on my good experiences with ESP, I bought an "ESP Vintage Plus" Strat, with the best, densest wood, superbly crafted and with a flattened neck-body transition (SSS variant), this Vintage Plus was once again on point Overtones and sustain are a step better, they easily beat the MusicMans and Suhrs and cost 1100 euros new at the time! Then in 2014 i came across a cheap used BLADE Texas Classic and was blown away. It was good, it could easily compete with the ESPs, yes it plays in the same league as ESP and cost 350 euros used. A short time later I tried a "BLADE Texas Standard Pro" with VMC midboost, similar to the "Fender Eric Clapton Signature USA-Strat", exactly the same again, it was better than any Clapton signature guitar from Fender, had better swingable woods, a flattened neck-body transition (like the BLADE Texas Classic) and therefore much better playability than Fender! So I use a lot of good Strats at home and all of them are better than what I could buy as a Fender in Germany at completely overpriced prices! That's why I prefer to play Strats, but the main thing is that it never says Fender on it, but rather ESP-S-400-Series, ESP Vintage Plus, BLADE Texas Classic or BLADE Texas Standard Pro! Well, I can prove not only purely subjectively, but very objectively in terms of sound, that there are much better things than Fender, in some cases also much cheaper and easier to play! Why should I even buy a Fender, a guitar that is worse in terms of sound and workmanship and less playable at a completely overpriced price???? Why, can someone explain this to me??????
How about we hear the guitar and not all your pedals?
There's tons of boring "how does this sound" videos, this is how I use it.
Dude you sound EXACTLY like TheDudeInBlue 😂 fr tho, this review is cherry, thanks for the info!
Thanks for watching! I'll look up the dude in blue
Let’s get it short, you like everything in that guitar😅
Do any professionals play these? Everyone I see plays vintage or reissue
"Needs less wraps.." shows winding post with more wraps than needed 🤣 just teasing lol. Cool review bro!
And.... it sounds like any other Strat.
Really, you need to get out more.
A lot of guitars sound good, but not all FEEL good like this one
And this is a bad thing?? lol
Does it not have a nitro good smelling finish . It's polyhurithane😮
I'm a dope. 😆
I finally got mine the other day. A brand new one in dark night with the rosewood fingerboard.
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❤
Hows the neck? Beefy at all? Its all about the neck...
Pretty slim. Low C shape. Reminds me of deluxes form the 2000's.
@@JeremySheppard ahhh ok